Welcome to the blog :). Sorry that its in English but believe me you don't want to read my German.
Who are we?
Alot of parents call and simply want to know more about us. Who exactly are we? I thought I'd jump on to tell you a bit more about myself ,FOKUS, and why we decided to start our own English camp program.
Greg
- I grew up on the coast of England near Dover before my family moved to New York state in America when I was 13 which is why people can never guess my accent and I'm not really sure where I'm from. I was the third oldest of seven kids so our house was always full of fun, laughter, kids, and a zoo worth of pets. My parents love nature so almost every weekend we would be out hiking, swimming, camping, or fishing, my nickname was "the camel" because there was always a little brother or sister who had to be carried around.
I discovered that I really enjoyed working with kids during my university years. I actually studied engineering but during the summers I worked at English summer camps and absolutely loved the experience. After university I found a somewhat bizarre job working with some of the wealthiest families in the world as a private sports coach and English tutor to their kids which took me all around the world. This was a very interesting experience and getting the chance to work with so many amazing child carers really helped me progress in this way and gain a lot of knowledge.
Three years ago I came to Munich and started working with a camp program as their camp manager. I loved this job and our camp quickly grew to become the biggest English camp program in Bavaria but I also saw that there was a lot which could be improved within the English camp industry. I was determined to start a new English camp program for the great kids and staff I worked with and FOKUScamps was born.
FOKUS
- FOKUS is a language school founded in Munich which has been teaching English and other languages in Germany for the last 30 years and has built up a great reputation from their clients (you can see their website here
).I jumped at the chance to work with FOKUS because I could immediately see that they had the same high quality vision for the camps as myself.What I love about working with them is that they are very supportive of new ideas and bring a lot of knowledge and resources from their language teaching experience.
Our shared vision in founding FOKUScamps is to create something truly spectacular for the great kids that we work with. The goal is a personal and super fun camp experience where each kid is really well looked after and gets the chance to participate in lots of new and awesome activities, as well as constantly practicing and improving their English. We want every child who we welcome into our camp family to have one of the best weeks of their year with us.



